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Monthly Archives: May 2017

There are many reasons why Secretary Clinton lost the Presidential election. The first is because she is a woman. A significant portion of the American voting population, men and a not so small segment of women, consciously, or unconsciously, would not or could not bring themselves to conceive of a woman as President of the […]

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Maine has begun to suffer from, and get sucked into, the national cultural, political phenomenon of not remembering to take a deep breath at least once and awhile. We had managed to insulate ourselves from this silliness for a long time, but difficult and troubling changes in how we live, work and govern ourselves are pushing us into focusing so intently on just breathing that we are forgetting to take a pause, exercise our brains and historical understanding, before we act. From the perspective of an academic background in American and New England Studies (MA from USM), forty years working in public finance in Maine, and on political campaigns starting with George Mitchell's gubernatorial campaign I will try to identify a longer term view on multiple issues and discussions taking place here in Maine as well on national issues and discussions that will or should have an impact on our lives in Maine.